Rail-joint.



0. V. v. TURNER.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.8,1911.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

. Suva doc Cal elf 1209261.

a mag Wiiwzmco 4 CAVE-T1 V. V. TURNER, OF HELENA, ARKANSAS.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification Letters Patent.

Application filed December a, 1911'. Serial No. 864,548.

Patented Mar. 5. 19 12.

To all'whom it may concern Be it known that I. Cavnrr V.,V. TURNER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Helena, in the county of Phillips and State of Arkansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints,.of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to improvements in rail joints.

In carrying out my invention it is my I purpose to provide a simple and effective device which may be easily and quickly a plied to the meeting-ends of a pair of rai s, and which will effectively support the said rails at their juncture to prevent the lateral as well as the sagging movement thereof and to sustain the said mils as strong and efficient at their joint as at the body of either of the saidrails, thereb producing a substantially continuous raili' In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side eleva tion of .a pair of rails constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig.

2 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken upon the line 2--2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 1s a" similar sectional view taken upon the line 3.3 of Fig. 1. Fig.4 is a horizontal sectional view. Fig. 5 is a view of one of the rail ends. Fig. 6 is a similar view of the rail connecting member or chair. Fig. 7 is a cross sectional view of a modified form of the chair.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numerals 1 and 2 designate a pair of ordinary rail-way rails. These rails adjacent their ends have their base flanges and a portion of the webs cut away to provide the head and web extensions, the same being indicated by the numeral 3. The cut in portion of the web is approximately central of the height of the rails and provides a longitudinally extending horizontally straight wall 4 and a vertical wall 5, the said vertical wall extending through the base flange of the rail.

using a vertical wall 7 and an angular wall 8,which is integrally connected to the vert" 1 wall. Each of t e fish plates 6 1s cent lly provided with what I term a bearof the usual angular formation coming block 9. This bearing block is of a length equaling the space provided by the cut awa portions of the rail ends, and is of a W1 th approximately equaling one half of the hei ht of the webs. The bearing blocks 9 o the web sections may' be' integrally formed with the said sections 'or may e welded thereon and each of the said blocks comprises a flange 10 which extends below the flange 8 of each of the fish plates. The base flanges 8, are, of course, of a width approximately equaling the tween the web and the outer'edge of the base flange of one of the faces oi the rails, and the base flanges are each provided with a longitudinally extending depending portion 11 and the same is a apted to contact with the longitudinal edges of the rails. The flange 10 of the blocks 9 terminates at the inner face of the depending portion 11, so that the blocks 9 together with their distance beflanges 10 engage the space provided by the i cut away portions of the nails, and the said flanges contact with the flan es of the rails provided by the vertical wa ls 5, when the fish plates are fastened upon the rails. The vertlah members 7 of the fish plates are provided with spaced openings 12 and 13, and the said openings are adapted to register with elongated openings 14 and 15 provided by each of the rail ends and their extensions and these alining openings are adapted for the reception of securing elements such as the usual bolts 16 and nuts 17. The angular flange of each of the fish plates is provided with suit-able openings 18,

the latter bein arranged directly adjacent the longitudina edges of the base flanges of the rails, and are adapted to receive spikes 19, whereby the rails and fish lates are effectively secured upon the ties o the road bed.

In Fig. 7 I have illustrated a bearing lllUt'li 20 which isintegrall formed with oppositely extending base flanges 21, while welded to the block as well as to its base flange are the oppositely arranged angular fish plates and 23. The vertical members of the fish plates project a suitable distance above the it )per edge of the block 20 and are provide with registering openings 24 for the reception of secui'ingY elements, similar to the members 16 an il 1 From the above description, it will be understood that the bearing block and the fish plates provide a o'h'air for the ends of the rails, the said bearing block and fish and of course it is obvious that the said members may be constructed of separate elements or the said members may be formed from a single casting. T hebearing block however, is preferably constructed of some hardened material'such as lilarveyized steel, while for the sake'ot economy the fish plates may be constructed of some etticient but less expensive material such as cast steel or the like.

Having thus described the invention what I claim is 1. In a device for the purpose set forth the combination with a pair of rail-way rails, said rails having the upper portion of their webs and their heads extending beyond'the main body of each of the rails,

a bearing block comprising'a flanged member having a central web or extension. arranged to-support the extended portions of the said rails, angular fish plates secured to the bearing block, the said fish plates havin their ends formed of some resilient material and projecting beyond the ends of the bearing block, and means for securing the fish plates to the webs and the Web extensions of the rails.

2. In combination with the meeting ends 3( of a, pair of rail-way rails, each of sa d rails having a portion of its web and its head extending beyond the rail proper, a chair for the rail ends, said chair embodying a central bearing block of hardened metal and having angular fish plates secured thereto, the bear-' ing block being centrally provided with an upstanding portion forming a web which is adapted to engage the lower walls of the. web extensions of the rails, the said bearing block being of a length equaling that of the extended portions of, the rails, the fish plates of the chair extending beyond the ends of' the bearing block, the said extending portions being formed of resilient material and f adapted to tightly compress against the base flanges and webs of the rails when the chain is positioned upon the rails, means for'se- E. P. MoLrroR, Tnos. N, Gnovns. 

